Benefits Buzz Podcast
Fall 2025
Get ready for an episode that's all about the buzz of AI! Everyone is talking about Artificial Intelligence, and your hosts, Benefits Manager April O'Malley and Asst. Director Wellness and Benefits Programs Jen McKay, are diving in. They're joined by a very special guest: Executive Vice President for Finance and Administration, Sarah Latham! Tune in to hear how our colleagues at Brown are learning about and starting to use AI in their daily work.
Plus, you won't want to miss the Beehive Buzz, when you’ll meet Heather Emerick, Senior Learning Designer, world-traveler, and recreational pizza strip scientist (yes, really!). Then test your knowledge with the podcast game and get answers to your colleagues' most interesting questions in the mailbag segment.
Don't miss a minute of this informative and fun episode!
After the episode:
Check out these opportunities to learn more about AI:
- LDE Book Club: The Realities of Artificial Intelligence - In this course, you’ll learn what AI is—and isn’t—and what its current limitations are from Janelle Shane, the author of You Look Like a Thing and I Love You: How Artificial Intelligence Works and Why It’s Making the World a Weirder Place. You’ll also discover how the collaboration between AI and human intelligence can lead to new, exciting innovations.
Check out AI certificate courses at the School of Professional Studies
Mailbag Questions Wanted!
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